Water Online Highlights

1. The Circular Dividend: Managing Water As A Strategic Boardroom Asset 6/5/2026

   For decades, industrial operators have treated water through a transactional lens as a commodity utility expense to be bought, utilized, treated, and discharged. However, the operational realities of a water-stressed world require a profound organizational shift.

2. Why The Water Sector's AI Ambitions Depend On Better Connectivity 6/4/2026

   For AI to deliver real operational value, it needs a constant flow of reliable operational data. AI systems are relentlessly data-hungry, and the more data, the better. Yet, accessing this data remains a major challenge in the utilities sector, with remote reservoirs, wastewater treatment works, and sprawling infrastructure often located a long way from traditional cellular networks. 

3. Data Centers, Water Reuse, And Ozone: Engineering Treatment Systems For The AI Infrastructure Boom 6/4/2026

   Explore how ozone-based treatment supports data center water reuse by controlling biofilm, organics, metals, and microbial risks while reducing freshwater demand.

4. 1,4-Dioxane And Advanced Oxidation: Designing Treatment Systems Around Radical Chemistry 6/4/2026

   Learn why advanced oxidation processes are critical for treating 1,4-dioxane and how ozone-based systems can improve contaminant destruction and water quality.

5. Optimizing Ozone Systems For Bromate Control And Water Quality Enhancement In High-Bromide Groundwater Treatment 6/4/2026

   Learn how utilities can control bromate formation, optimize ozone treatment performance, and achieve regulatory compliance through improved monitoring, hydraulics, and system design.

6. Smart Ozone Systems: Why Real-Time Monitoring Is Becoming Core Water Infrastructure 6/4/2026

   Discover how real-time monitoring, automation, and smart controls help modern ozone systems improve treatment performance, efficiency, safety, and operational visibility.

7. Breaking Point: How Utilities Can Get Ahead Of The Water Main Crisis 6/4/2026

   The water and wastewater industry is currently grappling with a significant aging pipeline infrastructure crisis, a challenge that requires a shift from reactive repairs to proactive, data-driven management. In a recent Water Online webinar, industry experts Christine Ballard (CDM Smith), Greg Baird (Black & Veatch), and Andrew Beck (Garney) outlined a practical framework for addressing infrastructure repairs in ways that are fundable and executable.

8. Artificial Intelligence May Be Fueling The Future, But Water Will Sustain It 6/3/2026

   AI is reshaping industries at extraordinary speed, from healthcare and finance to manufacturing, logistics, and retail. As AI adoption accelerates, data centers have become the physical backbone of the digital world. Yet behind every compute cycle lies a critical resource that rarely receives the same level of attention: water.

9. AquaSBR® Replaces 60 Year Old Treatment Plant At Moab, UT 6/3/2026

   AquaSBR® technology helped Moab modernize wastewater treatment, improve effluent quality, manage growth, and achieve exceptional operational efficiency with flexible, automated performance.

10. Managing Risk In Water Utilities: From Compliance To True Resilience 6/2/2026

    When thinking about minimizing risk, it used to be enough for utilities to focus on highly visible assets such as reservoirs and storage tanks using deterrents like chain-link fences, locked doors and cameras. Today, that’s no longer enough.